The big boon for the game was when it was ported to the Super Nintendo, and suddenly kids could play for hours on end without scrounging around for quarters to pump into the machine.

There was even a successful anime movie made based on the franchise.

The biggest hit the game took was when Hollywood attempted to cash in on the franchise. If you don’t remember Street Fighter, consider yourself lucky. Jean Claude Van Damme combined with horrible one-liners and a very bad story line made the game uncool.

But it wasn’t the end of the franchise.

Street Fighter II was repackaged and rereleased into several different versions. From Championship Editon to Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Following that was the Alpha Series, prequel to Street Fighter II, which might have confused players at first.

Street Fighter III came out several years later to very little fanfare.

It wasn’t until 2008, when Street Fighter IV was unleashed to the masses, cementing itself firmly back into gamer’s consciousness. And coming soon is Street Fighter V.